Geoffrey Copleston

Geoffrey Copleston
Born	Gerald Geoffrey Copleston 18 March 1921 Manchester, UK
Died	6 October 1998 (age 77)
Occupation(s)	Actor, voice actor, translator, screenwriter
Years active	1956–1998

Gerald Geoffrey Copleston (18 March 1921 – 6 October 1998^[1][2]) was an English actor, voice actor, and translator who worked primarily in Italian genre cinema.^[3] He appeared in more than one hundred films beginning in 1956, many of which were English-language dubs of European films.^[4]

Filmography

Live-action roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1956	War and Peace	French Officer	Uncredited
1965	War Italian Style	American Colonel	Uncredited
	James Tont operazione U.N.O.	Secret Service Director	uncredited
1966	Me, Me, Me... and the Others	Traveller in restaurant	Uncredited
	James Tont operazione D.U.E.	Secret Service Director
	The Hills Run Red	Brian Horner
	7 Golden Women Against Two 07: Treasure Hunt	Martin Borman
	Perry Grant, agente di ferro	Chief Bowles
	Superargo Versus Diabolicus	Conrad, the Council President
1967	Matchless	Arthur	Uncredited
	Riderà!	J.K. Deline
1968	Il profeta	Bagni
	The Girl Who Couldn't Say No	Bald Man	Uncredited
	Seven Times Seven	Chief Inspector	Uncredited
1969	Detective Belli	Chief of Police
	One on Top of the Other	District Attorney	Uncredited
1971	Scipio the African	Senator	Uncredited
	Paid in Blood	Alec Quinter	Uncredited
1973	Bread and Chocolate	Paolo Boegli
1974	The Night Porter	Kurt Mahler
1975	Red Coat	RCMP Chief
1976	Salon Kitty	Dinner Guest	Uncredited
	Mimì Bluette... fiore del mio giardino
	A Matter of Time	Hotel Manager
	The Big Operator	The Texan
1977	A Man Called Magnum	German Boss
	Beyond Good and Evil	House Guest	Uncredited
	Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals	Wilkes
	Sahara Cross	Colonel
1978	The Greatest Battle	SS General Jürgens
	Io tigro, tu tigri, egli tigra	The General	Uncredited
1979	Lovers and Liars	Male Bystander
	Lobster for Breakfast	Duchamp
	Dr. Jekyll Likes Them Hot	Archibald Gold
	Velvet Hands	Benny
1980	The Pumaman	Sir George Bradley
	S*H*E	UN Speaker
	The Warning	Procuratore Vesce
	Savage Breed	Conti
	Mia moglie è una strega	Autista
1981	Bianco, rosso e Verdone	Russian Man	Uncredited
	The Black Cat	Inspector Flynn
	Bollenti spiriti	Dr. Eric Stainer
1982	Dio li fa poi li accoppia	The Burgomaster of Kellenborg	Uncredited
	Buona come il pane	Colonel Vittorio Bisceglie
1983	Notturno	Ambassador	Uncredited
	Stangata napoletana
	Il tassinaro	American Tourist
1984	One Hundred Days in Palermo	Judge	Uncredited
	Vediamoci chiaro	Mercalli
1985	The Assisi Underground	Police Chief Bertolucci
	Madman at War	German Commander
	Wild Team	Harker
1986	Detective School Dropouts	Mr. Hamelfarm
1987	The Belly of an Architect	Caspetti
	The Sicilian	Pathe Journalist
1988	Big Man	Henry Winterbottom	TV movie
1989	Robot Jox	Confederation Commissioner
	Willy Signori e vengo da lontano	Direttore del giornale
	The Betrothed	Merchant	3 episodes
1990	The Dark Sun
	Black Cobra 3: The Manila Connection	The Senator	Uncredited
	The Godfather Part III	Priest	Uncredited
	Frankenstein Unbound	Innkeeper
	A Season of Giants	Taddeo Taddei	TV movie
	C'è posto per tutti	Americano
1991	The Pit and the Pendulum	Butcher
1992	L'amante scomoda	Mr. Manzetti
1993	Killer Rules	Chairman of the Board	TV movie
1994	The Web of Silence - A.I.D.S.	Walter's Father
	Klon
1995	The Second Time	Stefano	Uncredited
1996	Fatal Frames	Mr. Fairbrain
1998	Besieged	Sweaty Man	Uncredited

Partial dubbing roles

Year	Title	Role	Actor	Notes
1969	The Battle of El Alamein	General Schwartz	Gérard Herter
	Machine Gun McCain	Priest	Euplio Moscusu
1971	Blackie the Pirate	DeLussac	Carlo Reali
1972	Don't Torture a Duckling	Police Commissioner	Virgilio Gazzolo
1974	Emergency Squad	Calò	Antonio La Raina
	What Have They Done to Your Daughters?	Dr. Concotti	Francesco D'Adda
1975	Deep Red	Bardi	Piero Mazzinghi
	Manhunt in the City	Ludovico Mieli	Claudio Gora
1976	Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man	Sergeant	Sergio Ammirata
	The Cop in Blue Jeans	Barkeep	Domenico Cianfriglia
	Violent Naples	Antinori	Attilio Duse
	The Big Racket	Chief	Edy Biagetti
1977	Suspiria	Professor Milius	Rudolf Schündler
	The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist	Marchetti	Marco Guglielmi
	The Heroin Busters	Ross	Ferdinando Poggi
	La belva col mitra	Caroli	Vittorio Duse
1978	Convoy Busters	Degan	Massimo Serato
1979	Master with Cracked Fingers	Big Boss	Yeong-Mun Kwon
1980	Cannibal Holocaust	NYU Chancellor	Paolo Paoloni
	Eaten Alive!	Jonas Melvin	Ivan Rassimov
	Nightmare City	Mr. Desmond	Ugo Bologna
1982	1990: The Bronx Warriors	Samuel Fisher	Ennio Girolami

References

1. http://copleston.net/page54.htm
2. "Geoffrey Copleston". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 22 October 2017.
3. "Geoffrey Copleston". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
4. "Geoffrey Copleston". copleston.net. Retrieved 23 July 2019.

External links

• Geoffrey Copleston at IMDb